The Federal Republic of Mascarena is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Tamara Rivo with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, humorless population of 9.952 billion Mascarenans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fort Bourbon. The average income tax rate is 82.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Mascarenan economy, worth 466 trillion Mascarenian Dollars a year, is extremely specialized and solely comprised of the Tourism industry. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 46,839 Mascarenian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, town nameplates frequently raise giggles from passing tourists, the government prefers to kill off its enemies by peaceful means, and the Mascarenan basket weaving sector is on the brink of collapse as cheap imports flood the market. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mascarena's national animal is the dodo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

2 days 18 hours ago: Mascarena was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Education and Most Advanced Public Transport.

20 days ago: Following new legislation in Mascarena, the Mascarenan basket weaving sector is on the brink of collapse as cheap imports flood the market.

37 days ago: Mascarena was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Eco-Friendly Governments.

41 days ago: Following new legislation in Mascarena, the government prefers to kill off its enemies by peaceful means.

56 days ago: Mascarena was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Transport and Lowest Crime Rates.

63 days ago: Following new legislation in Mascarena, town nameplates frequently raise giggles from passing tourists.

69 days ago: Mascarena was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Pacifist.

71 days ago: Mascarena was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Longest Average Lifespans and Most Eco-Friendly Governments and the Top 10% for Most World Assembly Endorsements, Highest Average Tax Rates, and Most Stationary.

85 days ago: Following new legislation in Mascarena, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings.

105 days ago: Mascarena was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Compassionate Citizens.